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How AI coverage breaks down across sentiment, time, topic, outlet, and company. Every figure below is computed from the 652 stories in the archive.

Stories tracked

652

across 296 outlets

Negative

31%

203 stories

Positive

8%

51 stories

Neutral

58%

377 stories

Mixed

3%

21 stories

Overall split

Share of all tracked coverage by recorded sentiment.

  • Negative
  • Mixed
  • Neutral
  • Positive

Coverage over time

Stories published per day over the last 60 days, stacked by sentiment. Volume spikes and tone shifts are separate signals — a tall red day is a busy day for criticism, not necessarily a worse one.

0501001502002026-07-21: 2 negative of 3 (67%)2026-07-21: 1 neutral of 3 (33%)2026-07-22: 3 negative of 7 (43%)2026-07-22: 1 mixed of 7 (14%)2026-07-22: 3 neutral of 7 (43%)2026-07-23: 3 negative of 5 (60%)2026-07-23: 2 neutral of 5 (40%)2026-07-24: 1 negative of 1 (100%)2026-07-27: 3 negative of 5 (60%)2026-07-27: 2 neutral of 5 (40%)2026-07-28: 2 negative of 5 (40%)2026-07-28: 2 neutral of 5 (40%)2026-07-28: 1 positive of 5 (20%)2026-07-29: 1 neutral of 1 (100%)2026-07-30: 2 neutral of 3 (67%)2026-07-30: 1 positive of 3 (33%)2026-07-31: 3 negative of 4 (75%)2026-07-31: 1 neutral of 4 (25%)2026-08-01: 1 negative of 1 (100%)2026-08-02: 1 negative of 3 (33%)2026-08-02: 1 neutral of 3 (33%)2026-08-02: 1 positive of 3 (33%)2026-08-03: 2 negative of 6 (33%)2026-08-03: 3 neutral of 6 (50%)2026-08-03: 1 positive of 6 (17%)2026-08-04: 3 neutral of 4 (75%)2026-08-04: 1 positive of 4 (25%)2026-08-05: 1 negative of 4 (25%)2026-08-05: 1 mixed of 4 (25%)2026-08-05: 2 neutral of 4 (50%)2026-08-06: 3 negative of 3 (100%)2026-08-07: 1 neutral of 1 (100%)2026-08-10: 2 neutral of 3 (67%)2026-08-10: 1 positive of 3 (33%)2026-08-11: 1 neutral of 1 (100%)2026-08-12: 1 positive of 1 (100%)2026-08-14: 1 negative of 1 (100%)2026-08-16: 1 neutral of 1 (100%)2026-08-17: 2 negative of 4 (50%)2026-08-17: 2 neutral of 4 (50%)2026-08-18: 4 neutral of 4 (100%)2026-08-19: 1 negative of 5 (20%)2026-08-19: 4 neutral of 5 (80%)2026-08-20: 1 negative of 4 (25%)2026-08-20: 3 neutral of 4 (75%)2026-08-21: 1 negative of 2 (50%)2026-08-21: 1 neutral of 2 (50%)2026-08-22: 1 negative of 2 (50%)2026-08-22: 1 neutral of 2 (50%)2026-08-23: 2 neutral of 2 (100%)2026-08-24: 3 neutral of 3 (100%)2026-08-25: 1 negative of 4 (25%)2026-08-25: 3 neutral of 4 (75%)2026-08-26: 2 negative of 5 (40%)2026-08-26: 2 neutral of 5 (40%)2026-08-26: 1 positive of 5 (20%)2026-08-27: 4 negative of 10 (40%)2026-08-27: 6 neutral of 10 (60%)2026-08-28: 1 negative of 6 (17%)2026-08-28: 5 neutral of 6 (83%)2026-08-29: 3 neutral of 3 (100%)2026-08-30: 1 negative of 4 (25%)2026-08-30: 2 neutral of 4 (50%)2026-08-30: 1 positive of 4 (25%)2026-08-31: 5 negative of 9 (56%)2026-08-31: 4 neutral of 9 (44%)2026-09-01: 1 neutral of 1 (100%)2026-09-02: 3 negative of 14 (21%)2026-09-02: 1 mixed of 14 (7%)2026-09-02: 7 neutral of 14 (50%)2026-09-02: 3 positive of 14 (21%)2026-09-03: 2 negative of 6 (33%)2026-09-03: 4 neutral of 6 (67%)2026-09-04: 5 negative of 8 (62%)2026-09-04: 3 neutral of 8 (38%)2026-09-05: 2 negative of 3 (67%)2026-09-05: 1 neutral of 3 (33%)2026-09-06: 1 mixed of 2 (50%)2026-09-06: 1 neutral of 2 (50%)2026-09-08: 2 neutral of 3 (67%)2026-09-08: 1 positive of 3 (33%)2026-09-09: 5 negative of 8 (62%)2026-09-09: 3 neutral of 8 (38%)2026-09-10: 4 negative of 8 (50%)2026-09-10: 4 neutral of 8 (50%)2026-09-11: 2 negative of 13 (15%)2026-09-11: 2 mixed of 13 (15%)2026-09-11: 7 neutral of 13 (54%)2026-09-11: 2 positive of 13 (15%)2026-09-12: 2 negative of 6 (33%)2026-09-12: 2 mixed of 6 (33%)2026-09-12: 1 neutral of 6 (17%)2026-09-12: 1 positive of 6 (17%)2026-09-13: 1 negative of 5 (20%)2026-09-13: 3 neutral of 5 (60%)2026-09-13: 1 positive of 5 (20%)2026-09-14: 13 negative of 35 (37%)2026-09-14: 2 mixed of 35 (6%)2026-09-14: 20 neutral of 35 (57%)2026-09-15: 12 negative of 45 (27%)2026-09-15: 2 mixed of 45 (4%)2026-09-15: 29 neutral of 45 (64%)2026-09-15: 2 positive of 45 (4%)2026-09-16: 26 negative of 86 (30%)2026-09-16: 2 mixed of 86 (2%)2026-09-16: 46 neutral of 86 (53%)2026-09-16: 12 positive of 86 (14%)2026-09-17: 36 negative of 114 (32%)2026-09-17: 4 mixed of 114 (4%)2026-09-17: 65 neutral of 114 (57%)2026-09-17: 9 positive of 114 (8%)2026-09-18: 13 negative of 43 (30%)2026-09-18: 2 mixed of 43 (5%)2026-09-18: 26 neutral of 43 (60%)2026-09-18: 2 positive of 43 (5%)Jul 21Jul 28Aug 4Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 18
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Daily coverage volume by sentiment, most recent first
DayTotal NegativeMixed NeutralPositive
2026-09-18 43132 262
2026-09-17 114364 659
2026-09-16 86262 4612
2026-09-15 45122 292
2026-09-14 35132 200
2026-09-13 510 31
2026-09-12 622 11
2026-09-11 1322 72
2026-09-10 840 40
2026-09-09 850 30
2026-09-08 300 21
2026-09-06 201 10
2026-09-05 320 10
2026-09-04 850 30
2026-09-03 620 40
2026-09-02 1431 73
2026-09-01 100 10
2026-08-31 950 40
2026-08-30 410 21
2026-08-29 300 30
2026-08-28 610 50
2026-08-27 1040 60
2026-08-26 520 21
2026-08-25 410 30
2026-08-24 300 30
2026-08-23 200 20
2026-08-22 210 10
2026-08-21 210 10
2026-08-20 410 30
2026-08-19 510 40

Coverage by topic

Volume per topic, sorted descending, with each bar split by sentiment. Bar length is total volume; the split inside it is the tone.

Regulation & PolicyRegulation & Policy: 18 negative of 106 (17%)Regulation & Policy: 2 mixed of 106 (2%)Regulation & Policy: 77 neutral of 106 (73%)Regulation & Policy: 9 positive of 106 (8%)106Energy & InfrastructureEnergy & Infrastructure: 10 negative of 85 (12%)Energy & Infrastructure: 1 mixed of 85 (1%)Energy & Infrastructure: 60 neutral of 85 (71%)Energy & Infrastructure: 14 positive of 85 (16%)85Litigation & CopyrightLitigation & Copyright: 67 negative of 75 (89%)Litigation & Copyright: 6 mixed of 75 (8%)Litigation & Copyright: 2 neutral of 75 (3%)75Public Safety & DefensePublic Safety & Defense: 15 negative of 67 (22%)Public Safety & Defense: 1 mixed of 67 (1%)Public Safety & Defense: 49 neutral of 67 (73%)Public Safety & Defense: 2 positive of 67 (3%)67Safety & AlignmentSafety & Alignment: 3 negative of 20 (15%)Safety & Alignment: 1 mixed of 20 (5%)Safety & Alignment: 14 neutral of 20 (70%)Safety & Alignment: 2 positive of 20 (10%)20Research & BenchmarksResearch & Benchmarks: 3 negative of 18 (17%)Research & Benchmarks: 12 neutral of 18 (67%)Research & Benchmarks: 3 positive of 18 (17%)18Jobs & LaborJobs & Labor: 11 negative of 17 (65%)Jobs & Labor: 5 neutral of 17 (29%)Jobs & Labor: 1 positive of 17 (6%)17Funding & MarketsFunding & Markets: 7 negative of 13 (54%)Funding & Markets: 1 mixed of 13 (8%)Funding & Markets: 4 neutral of 13 (31%)Funding & Markets: 1 positive of 13 (8%)13Consumer ProductsConsumer Products: 1 negative of 11 (9%)Consumer Products: 1 mixed of 11 (9%)Consumer Products: 7 neutral of 11 (64%)Consumer Products: 2 positive of 11 (18%)11EducationEducation: 2 negative of 11 (18%)Education: 8 neutral of 11 (73%)Education: 1 positive of 11 (9%)11Agents & AutomationAgents & Automation: 2 negative of 10 (20%)Agents & Automation: 7 neutral of 10 (70%)Agents & Automation: 1 positive of 10 (10%)10Privacy & SurveillancePrivacy & Surveillance: 7 negative of 10 (70%)Privacy & Surveillance: 1 mixed of 10 (10%)Privacy & Surveillance: 2 neutral of 10 (20%)10Health & MedicineHealth & Medicine: 3 negative of 8 (38%)Health & Medicine: 1 mixed of 8 (12%)Health & Medicine: 1 neutral of 8 (12%)Health & Medicine: 3 positive of 8 (38%)8Misinformation & DeepfakesMisinformation & Deepfakes: 2 negative of 3 (67%)Misinformation & Deepfakes: 1 mixed of 3 (33%)3
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Tracked coverage by topic
Topic Tracked Negative Mixed Neutral Positive Net
Regulation & Policy 106 18 2 77 9 -8
Energy & Infrastructure 85 10 1 60 14 +4
Litigation & Copyright 75 67 6 2 0 -89
Public Safety & Defense 67 15 1 49 2 -19
Safety & Alignment 20 3 1 14 2 -5
Research & Benchmarks 18 3 0 12 3 +0
Jobs & Labor 17 11 0 5 1 -58
Funding & Markets 13 7 1 4 1 -46
Consumer Products 11 1 1 7 2 +9
Education 11 2 0 8 1 -9
Agents & Automation 10 2 0 7 1 -10
Privacy & Surveillance 10 7 1 2 0 -70
Health & Medicine 8 3 1 1 3 +0
Misinformation & Deepfakes 3 2 1 0 0 -66
Open Source 3 0 0 1 2 +66

Net tone by company

Share of positive coverage minus share of negative, per company, on a scale of −100 to +100. Companies with fewer than three tracked stories are left out, because the number would not mean anything.

-100-50050100GoogleGoogle: net +12 (6 positive, 3 negative, 25 tracked)+12NvidiaNvidia: net +0 (5 positive, 5 negative, 21 tracked)+0Hugging FaceHugging Face: net +0 (1 positive, 1 negative, 4 tracked)+0SalesforceSalesforce: net +0 (0 positive, 0 negative, 3 tracked)+0MetaMeta: net -28 (2 positive, 7 negative, 18 tracked)-28OpenAIOpenAI: net -33 (0 positive, 16 negative, 49 tracked)-33AnthropicAnthropic: net -33 (2 positive, 16 negative, 42 tracked)-33AppleApple: net -33 (0 positive, 2 negative, 6 tracked)-33IBMIBM: net -33 (0 positive, 1 negative, 3 tracked)-33PalantirPalantir: net -33 (0 positive, 1 negative, 3 tracked)-33MicrosoftMicrosoft: net -54 (0 positive, 14 negative, 26 tracked)-54OracleOracle: net -69 (0 positive, 11 negative, 16 tracked)-69
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Tracked coverage by company
Company Tracked Negative Mixed Neutral Positive Net
OpenAI 49 16 3 30 0 -32
Anthropic 42 16 3 21 2 -33
Microsoft 26 14 1 11 0 -53
Google 25 3 0 16 6 +12
Nvidia 21 5 0 11 5 +0
Meta 18 7 2 7 2 -27
Oracle 16 11 2 3 0 -68
Apple 6 2 0 4 0 -33
Hugging Face 4 1 0 2 1 +0
IBM 3 1 0 2 0 -33
Palantir 3 1 0 2 0 -33
Salesforce 3 0 0 3 0 +0

Where the coverage comes from

Volume per outlet, split by sentiment. This chart is also the site's own bias check: if one outlet or one kind of outlet dominates the pool, the overall split above is describing that outlet more than it is describing the press.

The RegisterThe Register: 6 negative of 43 (14%)The Register: 34 neutral of 43 (79%)The Register: 3 positive of 43 (7%)43AxiosAxios: 13 negative of 33 (39%)Axios: 3 mixed of 33 (9%)Axios: 14 neutral of 33 (42%)Axios: 3 positive of 33 (9%)33The New York TimesThe New York Times: 6 negative of 27 (22%)The New York Times: 19 neutral of 27 (70%)The New York Times: 2 positive of 27 (7%)27MIT NewsMIT News: 2 negative of 26 (8%)MIT News: 16 neutral of 26 (62%)MIT News: 8 positive of 26 (31%)26The GuardianThe Guardian: 9 negative of 23 (39%)The Guardian: 1 mixed of 23 (4%)The Guardian: 13 neutral of 23 (57%)23TechCrunchTechCrunch: 4 negative of 19 (21%)TechCrunch: 12 neutral of 19 (63%)TechCrunch: 3 positive of 19 (16%)19AI Snake OilAI Snake Oil: 2 negative of 14 (14%)AI Snake Oil: 11 neutral of 14 (79%)AI Snake Oil: 1 positive of 14 (7%)14NPRNPR: 2 negative of 12 (17%)NPR: 1 mixed of 12 (8%)NPR: 9 neutral of 12 (75%)12ReutersReuters: 7 negative of 12 (58%)Reuters: 3 neutral of 12 (25%)Reuters: 2 positive of 12 (17%)12BBC NewsBBC News: 5 negative of 10 (50%)BBC News: 5 neutral of 10 (50%)10PluralisticPluralistic: 2 negative of 10 (20%)Pluralistic: 7 neutral of 10 (70%)Pluralistic: 1 positive of 10 (10%)10AI NewsAI News: 1 mixed of 9 (11%)AI News: 8 neutral of 9 (89%)9Ars TechnicaArs Technica: 2 negative of 9 (22%)Ars Technica: 7 neutral of 9 (78%)9PoliticoPolitico: 8 neutral of 9 (89%)Politico: 1 positive of 9 (11%)9
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Tracked coverage by outlet
Outlet Tracked Negative Mixed Neutral Positive Net
The Register 43 6 0 34 3 -6
Axios 33 13 3 14 3 -30
The New York Times 27 6 0 19 2 -14
MIT News 26 2 0 16 8 +23
The Guardian 23 9 1 13 0 -39
TechCrunch 19 4 0 12 3 -5
AI Snake Oil 14 2 0 11 1 -7
NPR 12 2 1 9 0 -16
Reuters 12 7 0 3 2 -41
BBC News 10 5 0 5 0 -50
Pluralistic 10 2 0 7 1 -10
AI News 9 0 1 8 0 +0
Ars Technica 9 2 0 7 0 -22
Politico 9 0 0 8 1 +11
The Verge 9 4 0 4 1 -33
404 Media 7 2 0 5 0 -28
CNBC 7 2 1 3 1 -14
MIT Technology Review 7 2 1 3 1 -14
ZDNet 7 1 0 5 1 +0
CBS News 6 2 0 3 1 -16
Forbes 5 4 0 1 0 -80
Fortune 5 0 0 5 0 +0
C-SPAN 4 0 0 4 0 +0
NBC News 4 3 0 1 0 -75
The Markup 4 2 1 1 0 -50
The Washington Post 4 1 0 3 0 -25
pbs.org 4 1 0 3 0 -25
AP News 3 1 0 1 1 +0
Bloomberg.com 3 0 0 3 0 +0
Courthouse News 3 3 0 0 0 -100
HR Executive 3 2 1 0 0 -66
Los Angeles Times 3 2 0 1 0 -66
Nextgov/FCW 3 0 0 3 0 +0
Police1 3 2 0 1 0 -66
The Hill 3 0 0 3 0 +0
Yahoo Finance 3 0 2 1 0 +0
bizjournals.com 3 0 2 0 1 +33
finchannel 3 2 0 1 0 -66
theconversation.com 3 2 0 1 0 -66
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2 1 0 1 0 -50
American Civil Liberties Union 2 0 0 2 0 +0
Bloomberg Law News 2 2 0 0 0 -100
Broadband Breakfast 2 0 0 2 0 +0
Bruegel 2 0 0 2 0 +0
Business Wire 2 0 0 0 2 +100
CNET 2 1 1 0 0 -50
CNN 2 2 0 0 0 -100
Euronews.com 2 0 0 2 0 +0
Firstpost 2 2 0 0 0 -100
Fox News 2 0 0 2 0 +0
GeekWire 2 2 0 0 0 -100
Morgan Lewis 2 1 0 1 0 -50
Mother Jones 2 1 0 1 0 -50
MultiState 2 0 0 2 0 +0
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 2 1 0 1 0 -50
PYMNTS.com 2 1 1 0 0 -50
San Francisco Chronicle 2 2 0 0 0 -100
Tech Policy Press 2 1 0 1 0 -50
TechRadar 2 2 0 0 0 -100
USA Today 2 1 0 1 0 -50
WIRED 2 0 0 2 0 +0
WSJ 2 0 0 2 0 +0
WXYZ Channel 7 2 1 0 1 0 -50
Washington Examiner 2 1 0 1 0 -50
cpr.org 2 0 0 2 0 +0
hcamag.com 2 2 0 0 0 -100
inc.com 2 2 0 0 0 -100
kare11.com 2 2 0 0 0 -100
simplywall.st 2 0 0 1 1 +50

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